Mount Wolseley golf club Carlow

Mount Wolseley Golf Course

Situated 12 km east of Carlow town, Mount Wolseley is set in opulent surroundings and boasts an 18-hole championship golf course. According to Christy O’Connor Junior, course designer, “Rarely after a first look around a potential site for a golf course had I been so impressed as at Mount Wolseley. What we have here is a fair but testing 18 holes of championship golf, none of which will disappoint even the most discerning player”.

This par 72 course provides a challenge to every ability as each hole presents demanding approach shots, with wide landing areas being the only concession. With its broad fairways, unforgiving rough and picturesque water hazards, Mount Wolseley has justifiably played host to a number of national and international golf competitions. Most recently Mount Wolseley has been chosen as the host venue to the European Challenge Tour Irish Challenge & 2017 marks its 3rd staging of this fantastic event.

The Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort is located on the grounds of the 18th century ancestral home of Frederick York Wolseley, whose family became synonymous with the automotive industry. This charming resort offers an eclectic blend of contemporary design and lavish detail surrounded by 200 acres of peaceful landscape. Featuring 143 bedrooms including four suites and eight executive rooms, each with individually controlled air conditioning and interactive IT facilities with broadband access. Facilities include: Frederick’s awardwinning fine dining restaurant – voted “Best Hotel Restaurant in Carlow” and recipient of a 1AA Rosette.

The Aaron Lounge and the Snug provide the ideal spot for relaxation and informal dining. Leisure and relaxation facilities are also provided at the Sanctuary Spa, Carlow’s only resort spa which features 14 treatment rooms using Elemis and Thalgo products, relaxation pool, dry floatation, experience showers and balneotherapy.

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the No. 28-Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2010, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the No. 42-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2009;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the No. 28 Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2009, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the No. 46-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2008;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the No. 27 Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2008, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

Golf Deals » Mount Wolseley

Stay & Play @ Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort €109.00

Offer valid from 01 May 2018 to 30 Sep 2018Detail:

1B&B+1D+1GEnjoy one nights accommodation in a deluxe room with dinner on one evening in Frederick's Fine Dining Restaurant (Table d'hote Menu) and a Round of Golf on the magnificent 18 hole Championship Golf Course designed by Christy O’Connor Jnr. · *Voted ‘Leinster’s Best Golf Resort’ at the Golfer’s Guide to Ireland 2013 Awards

Members Achievements

They were Leinster Finalists in the Bulmers Pierce Purcell Shield at St. Anne's Golf Club in 1999.

They were Leinster Finalists in the BMW Irish Mixed Foursomes in 1999.

History of Mount Wolseley

Mount Wolseley recently came under new ownership under Strategic Capital & further improvements to the resort will be coming soon.

Once part of the thirty thousand Co. Carlow acres owned by the Butler dynasty, Mount Aaron, came into the possession of the Wolseley family of Staffordshire in 1725. It was the only, gentry home in the county, to have been, torched by insurgents during the 1798 Rebellion, but not before lead from the roof had been enterprisingly removed to make ammunition. Mount Wolseley House was rebuilt in 1864.

Mount Wolseley connections would touch historic events far from Irish shores. It was the ancestral home of the famous brothers Field-Marshal Viscount Garnet Wolseley, one of Britain’s most important military leaders, and Frederick York Wolseley, who pioneered mechanical sheep sheering in Australia, and in whose Birmingham factory the first British-designed car was built in 1895.

The 200-acre property was sold in 1925 to the Patrician Brothers, an Order founded in Tullow by Bishop Daniel Delaney in 1808. In 1994 Mount Wolseley was, purchased by Donal Morrissey and family, whose decision to develop a championship golf course, heralds another era of change in the approach to the twenty-first century.

Tennis players don't have to play pro-ams. Can you imagine what John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl would say if they were asked to play a quick five sets with a few of the guys from the local club the day before Wimbledon?